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Chris Marvin (left) was an Army helicopter pilot before suffering numerous injuries in a 2004 crash on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. Never one to go down without a fight, Mr. Marvin spent years recuperating and became managing director of Got Your 6, a nonprofit that works to inspire and assist other combat veterans like himself.
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Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm demonstrates bullet trajectory at news conference Monday, Dec. 22, 2014, in Milwaukee. Chisholm announced that there would be no charges against former police office Christopher Manney in the fatal shooting of Dontre Hamilton. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
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Tarpon Springs Officer Charles "Charlie K" Kondek, 45, was fatally shot early Sunday morning in Tarpon Springs, just hours after two NYPD officers were killed in Brooklyn. (Bay News 9)
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Bystanders assist first responders at the scene at SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, where 2 people died and dozens more were injured after a hit and run. Amos Guiora, a law professor at the University of Utah is leading a push to impose a duty on bystanders to take affirmative action to assist those they see in peril. (AP Photo/Colin Kerrigan, File)
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Secret Service respond on the North Lawn of the White House after a man jumped the White House fence, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014, in Washington. The Secret Service apprehended the man who jumped over the White House fence. This latest incident comes about a month after a previous White House fence jumper sprinted across the lawn, past armed uniformed agents and entered the mansion. (Associated Press)
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South Dakota is pulling the public safety campaign "Don't Drive and Jerk," because officials fear the intentional double entendre could distract from its importance. (South Dakota Department of Public Safety via Argus Leader)
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Former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist of Tennessee toured the San Pedro Service Processing Center for immigrants in Los Angeles. The facility was briefly shuttered in 2007 due to Army Corps of Engineers concerns over fire hazards, but it later reopened with remaining issues. (Associated Press)
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In this Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014, file photo, then-Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee responds to questions during an interview with The Associated Press, in his office at the Statehouse, in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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In a photo released by Korea News Service on Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009, in Tokyo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, right, talks to officials during his inspection of the Wonsan Chemical Factory in Wonsan, Kongwon Do, North Korea. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service, File)
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LED IN: Oil pumps work Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, in the Persian Gulf desert oil field of Sakhir, Bahrain. The price of oil struggled to advance much beyond $92 a barrel Tuesday on expectations that supplies will rise with ramped up output in Libya and the North Sea, along with more exports from Iran if a deal on its nuclear program succeeds. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali) (Associated Press)
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Illustration on the damage done by false accusations of rape by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Neorah Reliford, 4, left, of Newark, N.J., is greeted by Santa Claus upon arriving at Newark Liberty International Airport during a fictional flight to the North Pole, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes 1971-2002 -was a member of the successful music group TLC, was killed on April 25, 2002, in a car crash in La Ceiba, Honduras. She was 36. (AP Photo/Michael Caulfield)
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Paul Walker 1973-2013 — the star of the "Fast & Furious" movie series died in a car crash north of Los Angeles. He was 40. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)
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Buddy Holly 1936-1959 - rock and roll singer, songwriter and guitarist Buddy Holly is shown in 1959 at an unknown location. Holly, born Charles Hardin Holley in 1936 in Lubbock, Texas, died in a plane crash on Feb. 3, 1959. (AP Photo)
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The damaged truck driven by Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton sits near Bank of America Stadium after the quarterback was involved in an accident, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014, in Charlotte, N.C. Newton was taken to the hospital. It's unclear how badly the 25-year-old he was injured. (AP Photo/Skip Foreman)
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Emergency personnel tend to a damaged truck driven by Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton after the quarterback was involved in an accident, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014, in Charlotte, N.C. Newton was taken to the hospital. It's unclear how badly the 25-year-old he was injured. (AP Photo/Skip Foreman)
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Carolina Panthers QB reportedly involved in a car accident in Charlotte. Twitter/Charlotte Observer@theobserver
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In this March 19, 2014, file photo, a woman pushes her baby cart in front of the messages board for passengers aboard a missing Malaysia Airlines plane at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian, File)